Bernard Buffet
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Bernard Buffet (July 10, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was a French painter who was highly acclaimed by the age of twenty. His work had a distinctive sketchy style. It conveyed a sombre mood and mirrored the atmosphere following the Second World War.
Bernard Buffet was born in Paris and studied art there at the "École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts" (National School of the Fine Arts) and worked in the studio of the painter Narbonne. He remained friends with his classmates, the painters Maurice Boitel and Louis Vuillermoz.
Sustained by the picture-dealer Maurice Garnier, Bernard Buffet worked unceasingly, producing religious pieces, landscapes, portraits and still-lifes. He had at least one major exhibition every year until he committed suicide on Oct. 4, 1999, at his home in Tourtour, Southern France. Aged 71, Buffet was suffering from Parkinson's Disease and was no longer able to work as he wished. Police said that Buffet died around 4 p.m after putting his head in a plastic bag attached around his neck with tape.
Bernard Buffet was married to the writer and singer Annabel Buffet (née Schwob). One of Buffet's disciples, Jean Claude Gaugy[1], was the father of Linear Expressionism.
